ESCA vs. FNKO, CLAR, AOUT, GNSS, TRON, KBSX, KOSS, DTC, YYAI, and KMRK
Should you be buying Escalade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Escalade include Funko (FNKO), Clarus (CLAR), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Genasys (GNSS), Tron (TRON), FST (KBSX), Koss (KOSS), Solo Brands (DTC), Connexa Sports Technologies (YYAI), and K-Tech Solutions (KMRK). These companies are all part of the "recreation" industry.
Escalade vs. Its Competitors
Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) and Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Escalade has a net margin of 5.30% compared to Funko's net margin of -6.72%. Escalade's return on equity of 6.86% beat Funko's return on equity.
Funko has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Funko currently has a consensus target price of $7.17, suggesting a potential upside of 97.16%. Given Funko's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Funko is more favorable than Escalade.
In the previous week, Escalade had 2 more articles in the media than Funko. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Escalade and 6 mentions for Funko. Funko's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Escalade's score of 0.31 indicating that Funko is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.2% of Funko shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Funko shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.8% of Escalade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Escalade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Funko. Funko is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Escalade beats Funko on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:ESCA) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
